The extent to which nonprofit organizations are created by various forms of social capital is examined. Data are developed from the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, the Internal Revenue Service''s "charitable organization" Business Master Files, and other federal data sources. The...

The extent to which nonprofit organizations are created by various forms of social capital is examined.Data are developed from the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, the Internal Revenue Service's "charitable organization" Business Master Files, and other federal data sources. The number...

Nonprofits use social media to pursue a broad range of mission-related outcomes. Given the centrality of user connections and social networks on these sites, attaining these outcomes is contingent on first generating a stock of online social capital through investing in online relationships. Yet...